A realie good story

A lovely day in Tennessee, the lake known as reel foot lake was looking beautiful as usual as well with a few people picnicking on it's shores.  Nearby was a strange creature resting under a shade of a tree, he looked nearly human by appearance except he had long pointed ears, pale blue skin, glaring red eyes, long curved red horns, eerie green bat like wings and black clawed feet that rested on top another, next to him was a large flat black sword.  It has been nearly 900 years since he had forgotten his true name but those who have seen him or met him know him by another name...Kursed.  

He opened his eyes and stared up at the clear blue sky and thought to himself "How much longer?...How much longer must I hunt of all these centuries passed?..." He shook his head and sighed "Rest is more important now..." He said out loud to no one in particular.  He closed his eyes once more but heard screams, he picked up his sword and headed toward the distress.  

Drawn to the lake he finds a human couple fleeing, he looks from his hiding spot and widens his eyes a bit to see a plesiosaur girl on the shore.  "No! wait! Come back! I'm not going to hurt you! I promise!" She begged, but when the couple vanished from sight, she sighed and slammed her head into the sandy shore.  "All I wanted was a picnic..." She complained with tears streaming her face.  Kursed examined her and used his secondary vision to see through all nine planes to find ill intent, finding none in all planes he felt sorry for her.  "...I'm getting too soft...But maybe this isn't such a bad idea." He thought and stepped out into the open.  The strange girl did not notice him until he patted her arm, she looked shocked to see him.  "WAH! What are you!?" She asked with wide eyes. Kursed chuckled "Have no fear, I mean no harm." he replied.

She calms down a bit and smiles "So...You're not afraid of me?" She asked, he shook his head.  "I have seen many nightmares and you're nowhere close to what I've seen." He looks at the blanket and then back up at her "So...How would you like a picnic my dear?" Her eyes brightened at the word picnic, she grabs him and cuddled him against her cheek "I'D LOVE TO! THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!" She exclaimed happily, Kursed on the other hand was having some trouble pushing himself off her cheek "Hey hey hey! You're going to Suffocate me if you keep doing that." She blushed and set him down.  "Sorry." She apologized.

Kursed cracked his back and neck. "Hmm...Actually that helped my back a lot...So then, what would you like to eat? I'm getting a bit hungry myself." He asked, she only grinned and asked for one thing and one thing only "FISH!" She answered happily, making him chuckle again.  "Alright, fish it is. I'll be right back." He turns but hesitated for a bit and asked "What's your name?" She blinked and smiled with a blush "I'm Realie." She replied.  He nods satisfied "A good name.  I'm Kursed." He turns and opens a portal and goes through, a few minutes later another portal opens with a blanket falling through, it was large enough for her to use for herself and soon a waterfall of fish fell through with Kursed coming in last and landed on top of the fish with a smug look. "Think this is enough?" He asked.

She looked at the mountain of fish with wide eyes. "Wow...I don't know if we both could finish all this! It's like a dream I once had!" She smiled.  Kursed only replied "I am glad that you are pleased.  Now, How bout a chat as we eat? get to know one another?" Realie only smiled "Sure, I'd like that." She replied.

Together they ate, Kursed learned there was a portal under the lake that takes her back and forth through time, coming from prehistoric times and found her to be fascinating and quite enjoyable, in return he told her of his journeys to many worlds like the lush jungles of felarya, the peaceful Luminatu, the advanced cities of Virinnia, and ever present dangers in Duraan.  She found it hard to believe that there were countless more worlds like earth, and that this world is only one of many like a single grain of sand on the shore.  Soon most of the fish was gone and the night was starting to fall, Kursed realized that she was getting tired and was full of the fish.

"That all sounds so wonderful...I wish I could visit those worlds sometime..." She said dreamily.  He walked up to her as she rested her head on her arms and patted her cheek "Perhaps one day, I will take you with me to a few worlds." he proposed, she smiled sleepily "I'd really love that." She replied.  He continued to stroke her cheek.  "Get some sleep, I will tell you more tomorrow." He told her "You promise?" She asked, he nodded "I promise with my honor." he promised her, she smiled and got up with a yawn.  "Good night...Kursed." She went back into the lake and returned to her home, Kursed turned his back and smiled "Good night...I had a Realie good time with you." He chuckled at his own joke as he walked away to someplace he can rest without being discovered by humans.

End.